Directed by Nick CassavetesStarring Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena RowlandsThe tagline for The Notebook is “Behind every great love is a great love story.” The tagline doesn’t lie . . . it is a great story.The Notebook was timely released on Video and DVD the week before Valentines Day. This film is an incredible love...
Rated PGDirected by Brian Levant (Snow Dogs, Jingle All the Way, Beethoven)Starring Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, and Philip BoldenIs Ice Cube there yet? That is the question. Cube isn't new to movie roles . . . but new to kids films. Are We There Yet? is marketed toward 6-12 year olds. And I guess...
Rated PG-13Directed by Paul Weitz (American Pie, About A Boy)Starring Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, and Scarlett JohanssonIn Good Company is just like a Dodge Caravan. At first it’s great . . . but after a short while it breaks down and just starts to tic you off!Baby Boomer Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid), top sales guy at a big...
Rated PG-13Directed by Jay Roach (Meet the Parents, All three Austin Powers movies)Starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra StreisandI heard of a pastor in our town who was publicly condemning this film because of the title. Trust me . . . the title is the least of this film’s leap beyond “the line.”I was actually...
Rated PG-13 for languageDirected by Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven, Solaris, Traffic, Erin Brockovich)Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts . . . the whole gang again plus Catherine Zeta-JonesThe proverbial sequel. Not a bad film, but pale in comparison to the original.I guess it’s hard to even judge a film like Ocean’s Twelve fairly, because I carry so...
Rated PGDirected by Brad SilberlingStarring Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken and the Hoffman twinsLemony Snicket’s a Series of Unfortunate Events was refreshing. No one could accuse it of being the same ol’ thing. Well worth the theatre price (even though that price is crawling upward each year, almost at 2 digits now)!Based on the...
Rated PG (for action violence)Directed by Brad Bird (The Iron Giant)Starring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly HunterThis is probably one of the best animated films I’ve ever seen. The Incredibles was . . . well . . . incredible.Don’t expect another “kids film.” If you don’t have kids . . . heck, if you don’t...